[lbo-talk] airport battle?

[John Mage]

FWIW - as to accuracy of iraqwar.ru -  Al Jazeera
<http://english.aljazeera.net/topics/index.asp?cu_no=1&lng=0&template_id=1&temp_type=44>
has been running a story with the headline "The battle for Saddam
International Airport Fierce fighting continues around Baghdad's main
airport but it is still unclear who is in control." Can't raise the
story, but only the home page with headlines. None of AP/Reuters/AFP
have a precisely equivalent story, though all report the Iraqi claim
that the US forces have suffered substantial casualties in the airport
fighting. AFP reports that the sounds of heavy weapons firing can
currently be heard in south Baghdad. If iraqwar.ru is correct in its
weather forecasts - a wind&sand storm in the next couple of days
- there could be another quck shift in perception of how well the US/UK
invasion is proceeding.

john mage